Poll tax--United States
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: A poll tax is a tax levied on everyone equally, regardless of income. Under the Twenty-Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution passed in 1964, poll taxes are prohibited in federal elections. Additionally, the Supreme Court ruled in Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966) that poll taxes were unconstitutional at the state level under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. - Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, April 2026
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Robert S. Kerr Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-031
Scope and Contents
The Kerr Collection mainly consists of materials generated during the Senate years. However, there are several cubic feet of documents that relate to his years as Oklahoma's governor. Because of Kerr's devotion to conservation work, there is a significant amount of documentation on both Oklahoma and non-Oklahoma projects. As with so many of Oklahoma's lawmakers, there is a large amount of material regarding agriculture and Native Americans. Finally one of the most valuable parts of the...
Dates:
1871-1970; Majority of material found in 1931-1962